ne_enclave_release(9)

💅 ne_enclave_release(9) — the kernel API manual, bestie edition 🎀

okay so this is ne_enclave_release, straight out of the Kernel API Manual section 9, and it's basically the closure of the enclave file saga — the release function that the enclave file itself provides. Short page, but she's important. let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ne_enclave_release — Release function provided by the enclave file. that's it, that's the job, and she does it every time somebody lets go of the file 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ne_enclave_release (struct inode *inode , struct file *file );

look at her go. takes two pointers, hands back an int. classic kernel signature, no notes 💅

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• inode — the inode that's associated with this file release function. yes, the inode one — the filesystem-side identity of the thing being released 👑
• file — the file that's associated with this release function. the open-file instance that's getting its goodbye moment 🦋

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🌈 CONTEXT 🌈

Process context. that's the whole vibe check — you're running in process context, so act accordingly 💖

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

• 0 on success. slay, we love a clean zero ✨
• Negative return value on failure. 😭 yeah, she can fail — and when she does, it comes back negative, no cap.

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🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

okay gather round, because this list is long and honestly kind of iconic. every single one of these is a real reference, so let's not skip a single bestie:

• Kernel file ./drivers/virt/nitro_enclaves/ne_misc_dev.c Enclave lifetime management driver for Nitro Enclaves (NE).(9)
• NE_CPUS_SIZE(9)
• NE_EIF_LOAD_OFFSET(9)
• NE_MIN_ENCLAVE_MEM_SIZE(9)
• NE_MIN_MEM_REGION_SIZE(9)
• NE_PARENT_VM_CID(9)
• struct ne_cpu_pool(9)
• struct ne_phys_contig_mem_regions(9)
• ne_check_enclaves_created(9)
• ne_setup_cpu_pool(9)
• ne_teardown_cpu_pool(9)
• ne_set_kernel_param(9)
• ne_donated_cpu(9)
• ne_get_unused_core_from_cpu_pool(9)
• ne_set_enclave_threads_per_core(9)
• ne_get_cpu_from_cpu_pool(9)
• ne_get_vcpu_core_from_cpu_pool(9)
• ne_check_cpu_in_cpu_pool(9)
• ne_add_vcpu_ioctl(9)
• ne_sanity_check_user_mem_region(9)
• ne_sanity_check_user_mem_region_page(9)
• ne_sanity_check_phys_mem_region(9)
• ne_merge_phys_contig_memory_regions(9)
• ne_set_user_memory_region_ioctl(9)
• ne_start_enclave_ioctl(9)
• ne_enclave_ioctl(9)
• ne_enclave_remove_all_mem_region_entries(9)
• ne_enclave_remove_all_vcpu_id_entries(9)
• ne_pci_dev_remove_enclave_entry(9)
• ne_enclave_poll(9)
• ne_create_vm_ioctl(9)
• ne_ioctl(9)

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lowkey obsessed with how a "release" function has this much lore behind it. read the whole ecosystem, iykyk 🍓

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and that's the page, bestie!! 💜 this little drop of kernel documentation lives out of ./drivers/virt/nitro_enclaves, dated October 2026, and it's filed under ne_enclave_release(9) — go forth and release responsibly ✨🎀💅